Desk-fixture



W. S. CLARK.

DESK FIXTURE.

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WILIBUR S. CLARK, 0F CALVIDEN, NEW JERSEY.

DESK-FIXTURE.

Application led March 25, 1918.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILBUR S. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk-Fixtures, ofwhich the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a desk fixture which will beserviceable as an ink-well support and also as a convenient containerfor pens, pencils, etc.

Another object is to provide my invention with means including movablecalendars which are located in such manner as to consecutively revealthe months of the year and the days and the dates of the month.

Another object is to so construct said means that the months, days, anddates can be readily changed from time to time and, if desired, themonths of the year may be reversed for consultation of past dates.

A. further object is to include in my invention a memorandum strip ofpaper which can be written upon and readily moved so as to expose aclean portion thereof.

A still further object is to so construct my invention that it will beneat in appearance, can be easily cleaned and will be desirable for useby discriminating persons and on high grade desks.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, l attain in the followinginanner, reference being; had tothe accompanying,` drawings in which- Figure l is a perspective view ofmy invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 1 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4l is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, l is a casing which is preferably made ofglass and is hello-w to provide a chamber,as shown at 2, said chamberbeing open at the bottom. This casing is adapted to rest upon a desk orother supporting' structure and has a top portion 3 which issubstantially horizontal and includes two depressions or recesses 4 and5 into which ink-wells may be set.

The portion 3 blends with an inclined Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 224,462.

portion G, said portion 6 terminating at its bottom in a gutter 7. Thegutter 7 is convenient for holding pens, pencils, or the like, andterminates at the front in a ledge or flange 8. The casing` l ispreferably made of clear transparent glass which can be molded into theshape illustrated and the inner surface of the glass rcan be painted orotherwise coated, as shown at 9, with colored material, such for exampleas red, brown, mahogany, oak, or other colors. This coating ispreferably placed over the entire inner surface with. the exception oftwo rec tangular portions l0 and ll. In other words, the rectangularportions l0 and ll will remain transparent, for a purpose hereinafterdescribed.

Two shafts l2 and 13 are journaled in the end portions lil and l5 of thecasing l. The shaft l2 is made in two telescoping sections 1G and 17. Inlike manner the shaft 13 is .made in two telescoping sections 1S and 19.These sections actually form independent shafts and are provided withknobs 20, 21 22, and 23, respectively; whereby they can be independentlyrotated.

The shaft 16 has a spool 24e secured thereto and on the spool is adaptedto be wound a strip 25 of tough paper, fabric, or the like, having` acalendar printed thereon, the calendar being divided into separatemonths, one month followingthe other throughout the length of the stripThe strip is adapted to pass upwardly over an idler roller 26 which isfreely rotatable on a shaft 27, the latter being mounted in the endportions 14 and l5. However, it will be understood that the rotation ofthe idler 26 will not affect or rotate the shaft 27. The strip 25, afterpassing, over the idler 26, is wound on another spool 28 which issecured to the shaft 18. By the rotation of the knobs 2O and 22 thisstrip can be unwound from one spool and wound on the other.

The transparent rectangular portion 10 of the casing is in directalinement with the width of the strip 25 and the depth of said portionl0 is equal to the depth of each of the months printed on said strip 25.Thus by operating either of the knobs 2O` or 22 the different months canbe moved into register with the portion l() so that they can be seentherethrough.

By the arrangement above illustrated and having the transparent portionl0 a part of the inclined portion 6 of the casing l, the

months can be easily seen by a person sitting at a desk having thefixture thereon, and to advance from one month to another it is merelynecessary to turn the knob 22 in the direction of the arrow shown inFig. 1. If it is desired to consult the dates of a past month, the knob20 can be rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1, tobring a past month back again into register with the transparent portion10.

lf desired the strip 25 can be printed in a series of months rangingover a number of years. and any one of these months can be consulted byturning either the knob 2O or the knob 22.

The shaft 27 has a roller 29 secured thereto and this roller has thedays of the week printed thereon. A knob 30 is secured to the shaft 27on the .outside of the casing l and said shaft can be rotated thereby tobring the days of the week into register with the left-hand end part ofthe transparent portion 11. A shaft 31 is journaled at its opposite endsin the end portions 14 and 15 of the casing` 1 and has a knob 32 wherebyit can be turned.

A roller 33 is Xed to the shaft 3l and a band 34 passes around theroller 33 and up over an idler roller 35 which is loosely mounted on theshaft 27. The band 34 has the dates of the months thereon and is inregister with the right-hand end part of the transparent portion 11. Bythe rotation of the shaft 31 any one of the dates can be brought intoalinement with the transparent portion 11 so that by turning` the shafts27 and 31, the day of the week and the date of that day can be broughtinto alinement and can be `seen through the transparent portion 11.

The portion 6 of the casing 1 has two slots 3G and 37 extendingtherethrough and a strip of memorandum paper 38 is adapted to passoutwardly through the slot 36, then down over the inclined portion 6 andin again through the slot 37. One end of the strip is wound around thespool 39 which is secured to the shaft 17. The other end of the strip iswound around a spool 4() which is secured to the shaft 19. For freedomof i operation the strip 38 passes over an idler roller 41 which isloosely mounted on the shaft 27.

The shafts 17 and 19 can be rotated by turning the knobs 21 and 23 andthe strip 3S can thereby be moved in either direction, either to consultrecorded memorandum or to bring a clean portion of the strip on theoutside of the casing so that a person can write thereon.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will'be understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am atliberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described including a hollow transparentcasing having an inner opaque coating, said coating being discontinuedat predetermined portions whereby vision may be had entirely throughsaid portions; and means mounted within said casing and movable so thatdifferent parts thereof will `be brought into alinement with and can beseen through said portions; substantially as described.

2. A. device of the character described including a casing havingintegral opaque and transparent portions whereby vision may be hadthrough said transparent portions into said casing; and means lmountedwithin said casing and movable so that different parts thereof will bebrought into alinement with and can be seen through said portions;substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVILBUR S. CLARK.

Witnesses MARY A.. INGLAR, CEAS E. PoTTs.

